North Korea cuts key military hotline

Not needed 'under the situation where a war may break out any moment'

Published: 03/27/2013 at 11:24 PM

(Stars & Stripes) Raising tensions with South Korea yet again, North Korea cut its last military hotline with Seoul on Wednesday, saying there was no need to continue military communications between the countries in a situation “where a war may break out at any moment.”

A senior North Korean military official informed the South that all military dialogue and communications channels would remain cut until South Korea halts its “hostile acts” against the North.

The hotline shutdown is the latest of many threats and provocative actions from North Korea, which is angry over U.S.-South Korean military drills and recent U.N. sanctions punishing it for its Feb. 12 nuclear test.